The two hot favourites were American big iron - the Viper, and a Pontiac GTO. But the other dozen or so entries were all the typical Japanese street cars. All that extra power didn't help, either - the eventual winner was neither of the two muscle cars.
> So, this was actually a Drifting Competition? I noticed someone else > mentioned that, but I thought they were joking! > > All the drifting I've seen (only on the tube) has been with little > underpowered (compared to a freaking Viper!) slammed Japanese pocket > rockets. > > I guess this is Drifting in the USA, huh? <vbg> Only for the Big Boys!! > > cheers, > frank > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Racing Viper > >Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:23:50 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > >The event is partially underwritten by Yokahama. I wonder why? > > > >The top cars get about five passes out of one set of t(i/y)res. > > > > > Does his brother in law work for Goodyear? He must have a deep discount > >for > > > race tires... > > > > > > <g> > > > > > > -frank > > > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist > > > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >Here's one of my Viper shots from the weekend: > > > > > > > > <http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/Viper.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > MSN Premium helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > > > > >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines >
